Stephen Thorpe Email & Phone Number

Fitzroy, Victoria

• Mission Australia social enterprise restaurant that provides guidance and opportunity to young Aboriginal people who are in need of a fresh start in life.Support Mentor/FacilitatorEngages and supports students through.
• Designed, engaged and delivered a full day workshop with 16 past and present students of Charcoal Lane.
• Planned, engaged and delivered 2019 November intake program with Charcoal Lane and successfully recruited 2 Aboriginal youth into employment.
• Engaged 10 potential trainees into the 2019 intake program.

Ringwood East

• Bra Jaarn “Brother Walking”VIC 2019 – PresentA proud Gunnai & Gunditjmara Man living in Naarm (Melbourne). Honouring the steps of the giants who have come before him, he offers his insights and stories through the form.
• Co-facilitated the Beyond the Bars Program 2019, as Uncle Kutcha says “Giving a voice to the voiceless” holding space for Aboriginal men to share during NAIDOC week on 3CR radio to their families whilst behind bars.
• From the perception of an Aboriginal Gunnai Man at the Warrigal Creek Massacre Screenings 2018 – 2019 regularly shared insights into the impacts of inter-generational trauma and how culture and caring for country.
• Shared spoken spirit poetry at events such as Smith Street Dreamin festival, Warrigal Creek Massacre Screenings, Beyond the Bars, Building Bridges through Story and many other events.
• Co-facilitated 4 full day workshops with Storyscape 2019 (involved interviewing and capturing stories of Elders for a augmented reality app on the History of Aboriginal Fitzroy

Preston, Victoria

• A national leader in Aboriginal led family violence and behaviour change programs and services. Dardi Munwurro’s focus is on culture and healing as a way to break the cycle of inter-generational trauma in Aboriginal.
• Established strong relationships with participants of Ngarra Jarranounith Place
• Co-facilitated programs focusing on healing and behaviour change
• Co-facilitated healing and behaviour change camps

Melbourne, Australia

• Planning and delivering state-wide healing and behaviour change programs and camps by building and maintaining relationships with community organisations throughout the state of Victoria. Presenting at Dardi Munwurro’s.
• Planned & co-facilitated 20 plus state-wide Men’s healing and behaviour change camps
• Co-facilitated 100 plus stare-wide Men’s healing and behaviour change groups
• Travelled state-wide presenting on healing and behaviour change with local government, local communities, universities

Melbourne, Australia

As the People & Culture Officer, Stephen supports the Talent, Engagement & Diversity Team in the delivery of the team’s strategy and associated initiatives and projects. These include all of Programmed’s Diversity initiatives (Indigenous Engagement Strategy, Women in the Workplace, Mature aged workers), employee engagement initiatives (Employee benefits.

Cooking And Related Culinary Arts, General

Certificate Iv, Leadership And Management

Certificate Iii In Business